News quiz for week ending 2/1/08

Questions

1. Beginning this week the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is requiring that U.S. and Canadian citizens 19 and older who enter the U.S. from Canada toa) present proof of identityb) present proof of citizenshipc) present proof of identity and citizenshipd) present a valid driver’s license

2. Until the new Homeland Security policy was enacted this week, U.S. and Canadian citizens entering the U.S. from Canada were required to:a) present proof of citizenship onlyb) state verbally that they were citizens of Canada or the U.S.c) present proof of identityd) present a valid driver’s license for every occupant in the car

3. Monday night’s State of the Union address was the last one President Bush will make becausea) his speeches are not well-received by the news mediab) this is the last year of his presidencyc) he said he is tired of giving televised speeches and will submit them in written form in the futured) he has been asked by the Republican presidential candidates to refrain from giving any more speeches

4. In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced a crackdown on pork-barrel spending. Another name for this Congressional spending procedure is:a) earmarksb) pig’s knucklesc) appropriationsd) patronage

5. The current violence in Kenya originated last month because of:a) rising food pricesb) rising gas pricesc) high unemploymentd) suspicion that the presidential election was rigged

6. Kenya’s two biggest sources of income are:a) tourism and diamond miningb) diamond mining and safarisc) tourism and flower exportsd) oil and tourism

8. The gas the soldiers were exposed to in Iraq was in a metal cylinder they were destroying, believing it to contain a) explosives for IEDsb) shrapnelc) gunpowderd) propane

9. Which one of the following is not a reason for the British government’s pursuit of alternative energy sources?a) to reduce or eliminate the need for oil, which is obtained mainly from unstable regions in the Middle East and Russiab) to make environmentalists happy by drastically reducing the use of oil and gasc) to comply with a European Commission to cut carbon-dioxide emissions and to drastically increase its use of renewable energyd) to reduce the use of fossil fuels, which some believe will cause catastrophic climate change

10. Which of the following forms of energy is not being considered by the British government as a large scale alternative to oil and gas?a) wind turbinesb) solar panelsc) nuclear power plantsd) (a mostly) hydrogen gas extracted from coal